Quote by George Eliot
Plainness has its peculiar temptations quite as much as beauty. -

Plainness has its peculiar temptations quite as much as beauty. – George Eliot

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There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows. – George Eliot

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To be candid, in Middlemarch phraseology, meant, to use an early opportunity of letting your friends know that you did not take a cheerful view of their capacity, their conduct, or their position; and a robust candor never waited to be asked for its opinion. – George Eliot

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Beauty comes from the inside. – Kathy Ireland

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Endeavour to be faithful, and if there is any beauty in your thought, your style will be beautiful if there is any real emotion to express, the expression will be moving. – George Henry Lewes

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There is an abiding beauty which may be appreciated by those who will see things as they are and who will ask for no reward except to see. – Vera Brittain

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The kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within – strength, courage, dignity. – Ruby Dee

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